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The Effect of Oat Based Breakfast Cereals on Satiety and Food Intake

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Food Intake
Satiety
Interventions
Other: Test cereal 1, Oat-based
Other: Test Cereal 2, Oat based
Registration Number
NCT01666574
Lead Sponsor
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Brief Summary

This study is to determine if two breakfasts of equivalent calories, an oat based breakfast cereal or a ready-to-eat cereal, provide the same satiety benefits. The study will also determine if the two calorically equivalent oat-based breakfast cereals give different caloric intakes at a lunch meal that participants will eat to their satisfaction.

Detailed Description

The Second trial (Period 2): An additional 48 healthy men and women 18 years of age or older will be enrolled to investigate the satiety and food intake at lunch after a breakfast consisting of one of two randomly assigned oat-based cereals and milk breakfast. Visual analogue scales of hunger and satiety will be completed before breakfast and at, 30, 60, 120, 180, and 240 minutes following consumption. Subjects will be asked to eat Lunch until satisfied. The subjects will have the two breakfasts in a balanced and random order and the two meal tests will be separated by at least a week.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
47
Inclusion Criteria
  • 18 years of age or older and are healthy.
  • Taking no regular medications other than birth control or hormone replacement therapy.
  • Are willing to use an effective method of birth control if you are capable of bearing children. Acceptable methods include abstinence, barrier methods, intrauterine devices, and hormonal methods of contraception.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Are a woman who is pregnant or nursing a baby.
  • Have gained or lost 8.8 pounds or more in the last 3 months.
  • Have diabetes or a fasting blood sugar over 126 mg/dL.
  • Have a score of 14 or greater on the restraint scale of the 3-factor eating questionnaire (a questionnaire which will be given to you by the study staff).
  • Are allergic to oats, lactose-free milk, Honey Nut Cheerios or oatmeal.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
CROSSOVER
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Test cereal 1, Oat-basedTest Cereal 2, Oat basedThe purpose of this arm is to determine if a breakfast containing 250 kcal of Oat based cereal will cause people to eat less at lunch.
Test cereal 1, Oat-basedTest cereal 1, Oat-basedThe purpose of this arm is to determine if a breakfast containing 250 kcal of Oat based cereal will cause people to eat less at lunch.
Test Cereal 2, Oat basedTest cereal 1, Oat-basedThe purpose of this arm is to determine if a breakfast containing 250 kcal of Oat based ready-to-eat cereal will cause people to eat less at lunch.
Test Cereal 2, Oat basedTest Cereal 2, Oat basedThe purpose of this arm is to determine if a breakfast containing 250 kcal of Oat based ready-to-eat cereal will cause people to eat less at lunch.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Satiety ImpactBaseline to 2 days

Breakfast containing 250 kcal of Oat-based breakfast cereal will cause people to eat less at lunch compared to a breakfast containing 250 kcal of the ready-to-eat oat-based breakfast cereal. Area under the curve (AUC) of appetite and satiety.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Impact on food intake at lunchBaseline to 2 days

You will fill out a visual analog scales at 30, 60, 120, 180, and 240 minutes following the start of the breakfast meal each day.

Four hours after the start of breakfast, you will be presented with a lunch and will be asked to eat to your satisfaction over 20 minutes. You will be asked how you are feeling periodically throughout the test. Area under the curve for subjective energy measures

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

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